Adjustable liquid-wiping device

ABSTRACT

An adjustable liquid-wiping device includes an adjustable handle and a serving container. The adjustable handle is a shaft which is flexible and telescopic. The serving container, connected to one end of the adjustable handle, forms a liquid-reserving space therein for containing lotion, medical liquid, or other liquid. The serving container is provided with a liquid supplying portion. Whereby, the adjustable liquid-wiping device is very convenient for assisting a user in wiping liquid on any parts of user&#39;s body by utilizing the adjusting function.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

1. Field of the Invention

The present invention relates to a liquid-wiping device, and moreparticular to an adjustable liquid-wiping device which can be adjustedin a curved way or a telescopic way, to assist a user to wipe liquid onany desired positions of a human body.

2. Description of Related Art

Lotion, such as moisturizing lotion, skin-caring lotion, skin-protectinglotion, or suntan lotion, and medical liquid . . . etc. has been widelywiped on different parts of human bodies for the functions of caring,protecting or healing. The conventional way to wipe lotion on the humanbodies is usually using a container to place lotion. The container isusually equipped with an opening which allows the lotion to be poured onhands so as to apply the lotion on the human bodies.

Liquid may be applied to many parts of human bodies. However a backsideof the human body is usually hard to apply the liquid on by the userhimself. It usually needs other one's assistance to get it done, therebycausing inconvenience in use. Moreover, the lotion in the containerpoured onto hands causing uncomfortable wet and sticky feeling needs tobe further cleaned or wiped off, thereby resulting in inconvenientusage.

Even though some containers allow the user to directly apply lotion ontohuman body without pouring out the lotion, the conventional containersare inconvenient for use by the user to apply the lotion on the backsideof the human body.

Consequently, because of the technical limitations of described above,the applicant strives via real world experience and academic research todevelop the present invention, which can effectively improve thelimitations described above.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

An object of the present invention is to provide an adjustableliquid-wiping device, which can assist a user to apply liquid to anydesired positions of human bodies and has an adjustable function forusing conveniently.

An another objective of the present invention is to provide anadjustable liquid-wiping device, which can wipe liquid on human bodiesdirectly to increase the convenience of usage.

For achieving the objects described above, the present inventionprovides an adjustable liquid-wiping device, which includes a stick-likeadjustable handle and a serving container. The adjustable handle has aconnecting portion, and the serving container is connected with theconnecting portion of the adjustable handle. The serving container formsa liquid-reserving space therein. The serving container is provided witha liquid supplying portion.

The advantages of the present invention are:

The present invention can assist the user to wipe liquid on anypositions of human bodies, and has the adjustable function for usingconveniently, especially for the backside of the human body which is noteasily to be applied on. The user may utilize the adjustableliquid-wiping device to apply the liquid smoothly without others'assistance.

Moreover, the present invention can wipe the liquid on the human bodydirectly by the liquid supplying portion of the serving containerwithout pouring the liquid on hands first, so that the hands will nothave any uncomfortable feeling of wet and sticky. Additional cleaning orwiping is not required, thereby enhancing the convenience of usage.

The adjustable handle may be a flexible shaft, and it could be curvedproperly with respect to requirements. The adjustable handle also may bea telescopic shaft, so that it can be telescopic properly with respectto different requirements.

The features and technology of the present invention can be furtherunderstood by reference to the following detailed description when takenin conjunction with the accompanying drawings, and the accompanyingdrawings are provided only for reference and illustration and not forlimiting the present invention.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an adjustable liquid-wiping deviceaccording to a first embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the adjustable liquid-wiping deviceaccording to the first embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of using the adjustable liquid-wipingdevice by the user according to the first embodiment of the presentinvention;

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of an adjustable liquid-wiping deviceaccording to a second embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of an adjustable liquid-wiping deviceaccording to a third embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of an adjustable liquid-wiping deviceaccording to a fourth embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of an adjustable liquid-wiping deviceaccording to a fifth embodiment of the present invention; and

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of an adjustable liquid-wiping deviceaccording to a sixth embodiment of the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

Please refer to FIGS. 1 and 2 showing an adjustable liquid-wiping deviceof the present invention, which includes an adjustable handle 1 and aserving container 2. The adjustable handle 1 is a flexible or telescopicstick-like shaft. The adjustable handle 1 may be a hollow or solid rod,and its material is not limited, such as plastic, metal, or othermaterials. In an embodiment of the present invention, the adjustablehandle 1 is a flexible stick-like shaft 11, which has a curvablestructure to allow for bending. The curvable structure in thisembodiment is a spiral-shape metallic pipe. The adjustable handle 1 alsomay be a shaft composed of flexible materials, or a pipe combined withflexible materials externally or internally.

The serving container 2 connects to one end of the adjustable handle 1.In this embodiment, one end of the adjustable handle 1 is formed with aconnecting portion 14, and the serving container 2 is connected with theconnecting portion 14 of the adjustable handle 1. The serving container2 could be integrally connected with or assembled with the connectingportion 14 of the adjustable handle 1. For example, the servingcontainer 2 may be formed as a thread part (not shown), and theconnecting portion 14 is formed as a screw part (not shown)corresponding to the thread part. The screw part can be screwed with thethread part for connection. Alternatively, the serving container 2 maybe formed as a through hole (not shown), and the connecting portion 14is formed as a post (not shown) corresponding to the through hole. Thepost may be wedged in the through hole for connecting. However, theconnection way for the serving container 2 and the connecting portion 14of the adjustable handle 1 is demonstrated for examples, but is notlimited thereto. Glue adhering, high frequent wave connection, or otherways may be applied.

The material of the serving container 2 is not limited, such as plastic,metal or other materials. The serving container 2, which is used toreceive liquid 3, is a hallow body and its shape is not limited, such asa spherical shape, a spheroid, a cube, a polygon shape, or other shapes.The serving container 2 forms a liquid-reserving space 21 therein, andthe volume of the liquid-reserving space 21 is not limited. Theliquid-reserving space 21 may be used to reserve the liquid 3 forapplying on human bodies. The liquid 3 may be different lotions, (suchas moisturizing lotion, skin-caring lotion, skin-protecting lotion, orsuntan lotion), medical liquid or other kinds of liquid. The kinds ofthe liquid 3 are not limited. The serving container 2 is provided withan inlet opening 22. The position of the inlet opening 22 is notlimited, but it cannot impede the usage in principle. In thisembodiment, the inlet opening 22 is formed on a rear side of the servingcontainer 2. In other words, the inlet opening 22 is formed on the sideto connect with the adjustable handle 1. The liquid 3 can be filled intothe liquid-reserving space 21 of the serving container 2 through theinlet opening 22. And, a lid 23 could be used to seal the inlet opening22 in a detachable way, such as a screwing way.

The serving container 2 is formed with a liquid supplying portion 24. Inthis embodiment, the liquid supplying portion 24 is formed on a frontside of the serving container 2. The front side of the serving container2 has a wiping surface 25. The wiping surface 25 is preferably compliedwith ergonomics design, such as a proper curved surface to comfortablycontact skin of human body. The liquid supplying portion 24 is formed onthe wiping surface 25 without limitations on the positions of the liquidsupplying portion 24 and the wiping surface 25, as long as it can beapplied on the human bodies. The liquid supplying portion 24 includes atleast one circular-shaped bearing hole 241 and at least one ball 242pivotally coupled to the bearing hole 241. In this embodiment, theliquid supplying portion 24 includes a plurality of the bearing holes241 and a plurality of the balls 242 pivotally coupled to the bearingholes 241. The balls 242 may rotate freely in the bearing holes 241respectively. There is a proper gap formed between the balls 242 and thebearing holes 241.

The bearing holes 241 pass through one side wall of the servingcontainer 2, and the liquid 3 in the liquid-reserving space 21 canpermeate out through the gap between the bearing holes 241 and the balls242, to be wiped uniformly on any desired positions of the human bodies.

Please refer to FIG. 3, when the adjustable liquid-wiping device isused, a user can hold the adjustable handle 1 and bend the adjustablehandle 1 properly if necessary. The serving container 2 can turn freelyto various angles when it is necessary, and the liquid supplying portion24 of the serving container 2 is used to wipe on each part of the humanbody with the liquid 3 therefrom.

Please refer to FIG. 4, in which another embodiment according to thepresent inventions is illustrated. The liquid supplying portion 24 ofthe serving container 2 includes a plurality of small apertures 243which are spaced at intervals. The small apertures 243 pass through oneside wall of the serving container 2, the liquid 3 in theliquid-reserving space 21 is directed through the small apertures 243and permeated out to be wiped uniformly on any positions of human body.The diameter of the small apertures 243 is not limited, and the flowrate can be controlled by various diameter sizes of the small apertures243.

Please refer to FIG. 5, in which a yet another embodiment according tothe present inventions is illustrated. The adjustable handle 1 is atelescopic shaft, which includes at least two shafts 12 and 13 which areinterconnected by slipping the one shaft 13 over the other one 12. Inthis embodiment, there are two of the shafts 12 and 13, which havedifferent diameters of hollow shafts. The shaft 13 with a biggerdiameter is telescopically displaceable over the shaft 12 with a smallerdiameter. The overall length of the adjustable handle 1 is adjustable bycontrolling the shaft 12 to be telescopically displaceable within theshaft 13. Therefore, the adjustable handle 1 can be adjusted indifferent length to use conveniently. Alternatively, the telescopicshaft can include three or four shafts (not shown) which aretelescopically displaceable with each other to form the multi-sectionaladjustable handle 1. After the length of the shafts 12 and 13 isadjusted, it may be remained due to the friction force applied betweenthe shafts 12 and 13. Alternatively, a locking piece can be providedbetween the shafts 12 and 13 for fixing.

Please refer to FIG. 6, in which a fourth embodiment according to thepresent inventions is illustrated. The adjustable handle 1 is a shaftwhich is flexible and telescopic, which includes the shafts 12 and 13which are interconnected by slipping the one shaft 13 over the other one12. The two shafts 12 and 13 are hollow shaft with different diametersand are telescopically adjustable. The adjustable handle 1 could beadjusted in different lengths. Furthermore, the shaft 12 is a flexibleshaft, which is equipped with the curvable structure 11, so that it canbe bent. The adjustable handle 1 of this embodiment therefore has bothbending and telescoping adjustment functions.

In the above-mentioned embodiments, the liquid 3 is reserved in theliquid-reserving space 21 of the serving container 2, but the inventionis not limited by this way of supplying the liquid 3. Please refer toFIG. 7, in which a fifth embodiment according to the present inventionsis illustrated. The liquid 3 is contained in a reservoir 4 first. Thereservoir 4 is provided with an opening 41. The adjustable handle 1 ofthis embodiment is a hollow tube, and the serving container 2 isconnected to one end of the adjustable handle 1. Thus, theliquid-reserving space 21 of the serving container 2 is interconnectedwith the interior section of the adjustable handle 1, and the adjustablehandle 1 becomes a liquid pipeline. The another end of the adjustablehandle 1 is connected with the opening 41 of the reservoir 4 in ascrewing or wedging way, and the adjustable liquid-wiping device of thepresent invention is connected exteriorly with the reservoir 4. Thus,the liquid 3 inside the reservoir 4 can be transfused to theliquid-reserving space 21 of the serving container 2 through theadjustable handle 1, and is wiped on the human body through the liquidsupplying portion 24 of the serving container 2. In this embodiment, theliquid 3 is infused into the serving container 2 from the reservoir 4.However, the serving container 2 can be directly filled with the liquid3 by other ways, or the liquid 3 can be infused in the serving container2 through the adjustable handle 1.

Please refer to FIG. 8, in which a sixth embodiment of the invention isillustrated. In this embodiment, the adjustable liquid-wiping device isa pen-shaped structure. The adjustable handle 1 has a flexiblestick-like shaft, which could be bent. The serving container 2 isconnected to one end of the adjustable handle 1 and is a conical-shapedcontainer, so that the external appearance of this embodiment is similarto a pen shape. The liquid supplying portion 24 of the serving container2 includes one bearing hole 241 and one ball 242 received in the bearinghole 241, thus the adjustable liquid-wiping device in this embodimenthas a pen-like appearance.

While the present invention has been described in terms of what ispresently considered to be the most practical and preferred embodiments,it is to be understood that the present invention needs not be limitedto the disclosed embodiment. On the contrary, it is intended to covervarious modifications and similar arrangements included within thespirit and scope of the appended claims which are to be accorded withthe broadest interpretation so as to encompass all such modificationsand similar structures.

1. An adjustable liquid-wiping device, comprising: a adjustable handle,being a stick-like shaft, and having a connecting portion; and a servingcontainer, connecting to the connecting portion of the adjustablehandle, the serving container having a liquid-reserving space formedtherein and a liquid supplying portion formed thereon.
 2. The adjustableliquid-wiping device according to claim 1, wherein the adjustable handleis a flexible shaft.
 3. The adjustable liquid-wiping device according toclaim 2, wherein the adjustable handle has a curvable structure.
 4. Theadjustable liquid-wiping device according to claim 1, wherein theadjustable handle is a telescopic shaft.
 5. The adjustable liquid-wipingdevice according to claim 2, wherein the adjustable handle is atelescopic shaft.
 6. The adjustable liquid-wiping device according toclaim 4, wherein the adjustable handle includes at least two shaftswhich are interconnected by slipping the one shaft over the other oneand a length thereof is adjustable.
 7. The adjustable liquid-wipingdevice according to claim 5, wherein the adjustable handle includes atleast two shafts which are interconnected by slipping the one shaft overthe other one and a length thereof is adjustable.
 8. The adjustableliquid-wiping device according to claim 1, wherein the serving containerhas an inlet opening which is sealed by a detachable lid.
 9. Theadjustable liquid-wiping device according to claim 1, wherein theliquid-reserving space contains liquid therein, and the liquid islotions or medical liquid.
 10. The adjustable liquid-wiping deviceaccording to claim 1, wherein the liquid supplying portion includes atleast one bearing hole and at least one ball being pivotally received inthe bearing hole.
 11. The adjustable liquid-wiping device according toclaim 1, wherein the liquid supplying portion includes a plurality ofsmall apertures.
 12. The adjustable liquid-wiping device according toclaim 1, wherein the adjustable handle is a hollow tube, and theadjustable handle is connected with a reservoir which contains liquidtherein, in which the liquid is transfused to the liquid-reserving spaceof the serving container through the adjustable handle.
 13. Theadjustable liquid-wiping device according to claim 1, wherein theadjustable liquid-wiping device is a pen-shaped structure, the servingcontainer is a conical-shaped container, and the liquid supplyingportion of the serving container includes a bearing hole and a ballpivotally received in the bearing hole.
 14. The adjustable liquid-wipingdevice according to claim 1, wherein the connecting portion is formed onone end of the adjustable handle.